Base for posts.



,742. PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

J. W. BEARD & J. SALTER.

BASE FOR POSTS.

APPLICATION FILED 11:12.3. 190s.

Alzomey nmr MIHHHH H H [NI ENTORS mmn lw ul HI JAMES W. BEARD AND JAMESSALTER, OF BIENVILLE, LOUISIANA.

BASE FOR POSTS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed February 3, 1906. Serial No. 299,368.

T0 at whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JAMES W. BEARD and J AMES SALTER, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Bienville, in the parish of Bienville andState of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBases for Posts; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in bottoms forposts of any kind and also for telegraph and telephone poles, andcomprises a socket member which may be of any suitable shape and havingdownwardly-projecting wings adapted to be securely held in the ground,while the upper surface of the bottom of the socket is preferablyinclined in order to shed water and provided with a lug or spur designedto engage in the bottom of a post.

Our invention consists, further, in various details of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

We illustrate our invention in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of the base. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view through the invention, and Fig. 3 is a similarlongitudinal sectional view taken in a plane at right angles to theplane of Fig. 2.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a socket member, which in the present instance is shown asopen upon two sides andhaving two closed sides A, which taper slightlyand are provided with apertures a, through which bolts or otherfastening means may be passed to securely anchor a post to the socket.The upper surface of the bottom of said socket portion has inclinedsurfaces B, and a lug or spur 0 projects from the ridge in which saidinclined surfaces merge, said lug or spur being provided. to engage thebottom of a post and hold the same from lateral movement. D D designatewings which project from the bottom of said socket member and haveextension arms or ribs D, which serve to brace the opposite parallelwalls of the socket member, while laterally-projecting wings E e):- tendat right angles to the wings D and have their lower ends tapered, asshown, it being understood that the entire base for the post is to bemade of metal and of a single piece, preferably cast. The upper ends ofthe wings E serve to securely brace the bottom of the socket member.

In applying our invention it is our purpose to embed the wings below thesocket member in the ground and secure a post or pole in the socketmember by means of screws or other fastening means, and whenever thelower portion of the post or pole becomes decayed or broken it may becut oif and the post lowered and securely held in the socket member, andby the provision of the tapering surfaces on the bottom of the socketmember any moisture which might accumulate in the socket member may bedrained out, thus further serving to preserve a post or pole.

What we claim is A bottom or base for posts comprising a socket memberopen upon two of its sides, the bottom of said socket member made up oftwo inclined surfaces meeting in a ridge at the center of the bottom, apin projecting centrally through said ridge and designed to engage thebottom of a post, the portion of the base below said socket comprisingwings which are disposed at right angles to each other, two of saidWings being integral with the closed sides of the socket member, as setforth.

In testimony whereof we hereunto afliX our signatures in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JAMES W. BEARD. JAMES SALTER.

Witnesses:

L. D. EDWARDS, KATE I. WHITTEN.

